Innocence Lost

Lyrics

Gone away, the days of wish and wondering Far away, like a vision in my mind The child has grown and left me here alone Looking back to what was left behind Lullabies and pennies in a wishing well Sad goodbyes to friends of make believe A love so pure, a treasure Now buried in the sea of me Milton lost his paradise, Dorothy lost her way Vincent lost his sanity, and Thomas lost his faith Hoover lost the second time, Sigmund lost his friend Me, I lost my innocence and I want it back again A tug-of-war is going on inside of me A calloused heart that wants to make a change While time prevails fighting tooth and nail Keeping me set in my ways Marco found the orient, Geppetto found his boy Lincoln found a unity that Lee could not destroy Lindy found the other side, Gershwin found the stage Me, I found a stubbornness that seems to grow with age As I dream of where I'll go May I learn from where I've gone And take the memories that I hold into tomorrow Milton lost his paradise, Dorothy lost her way Vincent lost his sanity, Thomas lost his faith Hoover lost the second time, Sigmund lost his friend Me, I lost my innocence and I want it back again I had it once before and I want it back again